SLIDE SHOW

Divide into teams of six-eight. One group takes the stage. One person is the
storyteller, everyone else is part of the slide show. The storyteller begins
telling a story about a recent vacation, adventure or life event.

“I’d like to show you a slide show of my trip through the jungle. Here we are
on the plane, headed to the Amazon. It was a very bumpy flight! CLICK!” The
players then form a picture of the group taking a bumpy plane ride, and they
freeze in
place.

She continues, “When we got to the jungle, the first thing we saw was an
enormous snake! CLICK!” The group forms a picture of seeing the snake…one
person could even be the snake.

“Pretty soon, we were deep in the jungle, and we ran into some natives!
CLICK?” And so on. Each group gets four or five slides, and then a new group
takes the stage. Coach kids that they can be anything in each picture. If it’s
an aquarium, some kids can be the tourists, and while others can play the
octopus or the eel.

As a variation, a topic or title is chosen, such as: The Recess Incident. Players
onstage form a picture and the storyteller must improvise what is happening
in the picture.

Encourage players to use all levels of the stage and all kinds of body
positions.

HOT-SEAT
In this classic drama game, one student goes up in front of the class and
assumes the role of a character or a famous person while the audience
players interrogate him/her. The hot-seated actor must stay in character! This
may be played as an history integration game, with real historical characters
and students having to give accurate answers, or as a fictitious game during
which actors may play any type of character and improvise their answers. The
game may also be used as a rehearsal warm-up during which actors portray
their characters from the play.